Nelson city council balks at Wi-Fi in parks
Bill Metcalfe - Star, Nov. 10, 2015
There possibly actually definitely is something to the brain-and-whatever-zap-damage scenario: the astonishingly boringly repetitiously pointless more than ever before on any topic comments in the Star substantiate that point.
What point was that again?
3 Points:
1.
Free? Internet Service Providers give nothing away for free - period! No free food! First the hook - then the catch!
2.
The person marveling at mothers then able to take kids to the park and get some work done on their thingie: at the same time. While the kids drown. How good is that!
3.
Oh, Nelson!
Federico Solmi
1. Point
ReplyDelete"Free? Internet Service Providers give nothing away for free."
True, but there is no "gotcha" cost here. The "cost" will either be an email address, or an agreement where you allow Shaw to scrape data from your browsing habits in order to better feed you tailored ads. Nobody is making you agree to this, and if you do agree, nobody is making you purchase the stuff advertised to you. You can use the free wifi with no obligation to purchase or pay for anything. Meaning it's basically free.
2. Point
"The person marveling at mothers then able to take kids to the park and get some work done on their thingie: at the same time. While the kids drown."
Shouldn't we trust parents to know when to pay attention to their kids? We don't expect them to be watching 100% of the time do we? Certainly not once they're past the age of 4. This is when we start allowing them more and more independence, while sticking near by. We don't tell parents to leave their books, magazines, or newspapers at home. How is this any different? It only seems different because for some reason we have decided that media you experience through the web is somehow of less value than print.
Council's reasons for rejecting this opportunity were pretty flimsy. It's a missed opportunity to provide citizens with greater connectivity at no cost to the city.